Hello all, thanks for reading this and any advice is helpful... I don't know much about cars. At all.

So I have a 2009 Honda accord I4 LX 129,000 miles with a CEL flashing, VSA and (!) lights on. Just a quick backstory, I was on vacation last year with the car when the starter went. Took it to a local mechanic in the city I was in and got an after market starter put in. Ever since that after market starter was put in I have had issues with the car. I noticed the starter took extra longer clicks every time I started the car, but it would eventually turn over and seemed to be working fine. About a week after that I was back home and I had 50 amp multi fuse #3 blow (38232-TA0-A01) had it towed to Honda to see what the issue was. They never found out why the fuse blew, just tossed in another one and sent me on my way (also replaced the VTC Actuator). About 4 days after that, fuse blew AGAIN. Towed it back in to Honda, they told me again they didn't know what was wrong, replaced the fuse, sent me on my way. I ended up buying a spare fuse incase it happened again so I could at least put it in and get to where I needed to go.

Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, car has still been picking and choosing how many clicks it takes to turn over. I went to start it and it was clicking for about 7-10 seconds and never turned over. Shut off the car, tried again. It started up, but that's when the CEL, VSA, and (!) lights came on.

The codes it's spitting out at me are P0339, P0302, P0303, and P0300.

I took it to a mechanic and they were not sure what the issue was. Said the engine looked fine. Everything is misfiring and the timing is all off so they wanted to change the timing chain, but they were slammed and recommended taking it to Honda directly (surprisingly)

It feels like it's in limp mode, it won't go above 25 mph. Had to drive it super slowly to the mechanic with hazards on. Feels sluggish and barely drives. Now I have to either tow it to or figure out where to take it next.

Does anyone have any advice? or has this happened to anyone before?

Thanks for any help in advance.

 

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A blown 50 amp fuse happens for a reason and something is drawing a ton of current to cause the fuse to blow. The dealership should have done more diagnostics vs replacing the fuse. I speak with the service advisor about the situation, because the large fuse almost has to have a large cable or maybe a fusebox shorting.

Based on your description, I think that the aftermarket starter is an issue and should be replaced with a quality starter. Denso aftermarket makes good rebuilt starters. I'm not 100% sure the starter is the cause of the 50A fuse blowing, but it seems possible. The dealership should also inspect the flexplate teeth to see if any damage happened.

The dealership will have to diagnose the timing issue seen by the other shop. This could be related to the starter or 50A fuse, caused by starter/fuse issue, or might be completely unrelated.